Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-26
PIOUS RUGS.
Rev. Mr.. Mingins Pitches Into Them
at the Union Tabernacle
From, the Esao York Hernld.

From the Fsao York HerGld.
"Pious Humbugs" was the subject that the
Rev, George j. Mingins preached about last
evening at the Union Tabernacle on West
Thirty ffth street.
~ would like 10 have you all come to the
Saturday night meetings." he said. gu
get more truth on Saturday night han You do
on sunday morning. have more time TO
polish it up. On Sunday morning nre 1t at
you IN chunks,
I'VE are a sort of Christian trades union
here, to get up strikes against the deVll,
The preacher took for his text the story OF
the Good Samaritan.
almost all the misery IN the world seems
to consist of two kinds-that which men bring
upon themselves and that which men bring
upon each other.
II saw a friend die recently in Philadel
Dhla and saw him tossed into a grave In the
Po:ters Field. Before he died he said: Look
at me and see how a man can do himself
greater wrong than could all the devils In
hell
Men make me sick when they talk about
luck. II they would kick drink out OF them
selves luck might come. | don't wonder that
luck stays away from them when their breath
smells so bad,
There are seventy thousand children in
this city tonight who are almost sure to
come to bad end because the pious humbugs,
Ike the priest and the Levite, refuse to help
them.
"A poor woman whose life has been blasted,
down to the end of her miserable life stunned
by all. No one will touch her for fear OF their
reputation, while nineteen-twentieths of
them are plous humbugs Just as bad as she,
orly they are not found out. There are
thousands of men in this city who live on
rapine. SO long as they wear patent leather
world doing what wrong they choose and
every one will be their friend, while the poor
outcast who commits a crime to fill his stom-
ach Is jumped upon.
rhn nb,, SIN -.
You can't walk block without disocating
your shoulder by running against one.
~ mere there Is no Humanity there ID no
religion or piety
THE biggest humbug ever knew dressed
In all the priesty garments that he could
possibly wear. He wore a plous hat, a long
tailed coat and one OF those vests that you
can't tell how they are buJtoned.
1--WE have got lots of dgnited Christianity
tnat won't touch anything in rags. They just
pity 1t. but don't help. Pity without help is
an lmpertinence.
"When God really gets hold of your heart
you want to 'whack it up with everybody.
The other day poor woman, who had
been turned out by her husband. went to
minister IN this city and begged for five cents
TO buy bread for her child.
"'No, can't help you. You don't belong
TO my congregation said he.
"'D-n such Christianity' said she, and
l believe God will forgive her for it.
THE humbug! God be with you. brother
leaves you just as hungry as ever. There are
30 many pious humbugs nowadays that the
world Id beginning 10 despi=e our religion.
II remember when a Methodist hated
Presbyterian ike poison. and an Episcopalian
would not look at either, and when if a Ro-
man priest had written such letter as one
did the other day he would have been kicked
high out of Rome. Fortunately these little
differences that don't amount to much are
being overlooked.
The Chicago ministers who refused to
sympathize with Mrs. Beecher are certainly
nAannnnAnfa N hn NNr1A and fha
Levite.
"HOw easy it is to preach! It's the prae-
ticng that bothers me. When 1 die you'll
know how sanctIfed | am-never BEFORE"